Comments on: Overtreated to deathhttp://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/28119
The oldest political news site on the InternetSun, 02 Aug 2015 05:00:36 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3By: griffhttp://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/28119/comment-page-1#comment-67140
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:59:10 +0000http://www.capitolhillblue.com/?p=28119#comment-67140But the people in the ads are so sincere and trustworthy…Jack and his magic beans.
]]>By: Mightymohttp://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/28119/comment-page-1#comment-67090
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:42:13 +0000http://www.capitolhillblue.com/?p=28119#comment-67090I think the desire to seek drugs and treatment all the way up to the end is purely an American phenomena.
We Americans are absolutely bombarded every single day with advertisements for drug use for all of our ailments. Many of these so called ailments aren’t even ailments, but a minor problem that some drug company wants you to believe is life threatening, and before you know it, we’ve bought the drug!
I think most of us are conditioned to avoid hearing the warnings that are attached to that particular drugs usage. If you did listen, most of the adverse symptoms of using the drug are argueably worse than the actual ailment!
Anyways, I think most people fall into this trap of pursuing treatment up to the end because we have been conditioned to believe that that is the appropriate thing to do.
I find it sad that so many have lost touch with reality and fail to consider their own quality of remaining life, the unnecessary expense being wasted on a failed cause, and the unnecessary burden placed on family members.
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Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:47:03 +0000http://www.capitolhillblue.com/?p=28119#comment-67080I believe a lot of people don’t understand the treatment is often worse physically than the disease itself. While it’s true many don’t want to give up, I believe they truly don’t understand what they are asking when they say, “gimme all you got”
There are certain cancers which would just make me say, give me the drugs and get me outta here.
I won’t say what those are, because I don’t want to take away someone’s hope who is fighting those hopeless diseases. I have worked in medical field for over 20 years. You tend to pick up the patterns.
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Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:06:18 +0000http://www.capitolhillblue.com/?p=28119#comment-67076My father passed away from cancer in 2007. He was an engineer. He told his oncologist that he knew that engineers were smarter than doctors. He stated that when he built a bridge and a bad weld was found they cut it out and repaired it. He said that he had a job and his doctor only had a practice.
He declined any treatment and only asked for pain management. He died in hospice which treated our family with love, personal care and concern. They even let him have his beloved 175 lb. Mastiff in the room with him. It sure beat the clinical atomsphere of a hospital.
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Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:53:17 +0000http://www.capitolhillblue.com/?p=28119#comment-67074Ah, the preparatory writings for rationed health care have begun.
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Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:32:07 +0000http://www.capitolhillblue.com/?p=28119#comment-67069Had a dear friend, who was diagnosed with lung cancer, although he had not smoked in 35 years the doctors told him that it came from his years of smoking and it had just raised its ugly head. He opted to forgo all treatments. He lived an quality life up till 3 days before dying. He got very sick on a Sunday and died on a Tuesday. He did not go thru all the pain and suffering just for a few extra days.
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Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:00:02 +0000http://www.capitolhillblue.com/?p=28119#comment-67067“More than 80 percent of people who die in the United States have a long, progressive illness such as cancer, heart failure or Alzheimer’s disease.”

This is unnatural, caused by a lifetime of ingesting chemicals..

]]>By: Jimhttp://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/28119/comment-page-1#comment-67066
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:55:14 +0000http://www.capitolhillblue.com/?p=28119#comment-67066We treat animals far better than humans when it comes to dying. But don’t never forget, the medical professional is concerned about the “bottom line”, not about the welfare of the dying.
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Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:31:02 +0000http://www.capitolhillblue.com/?p=28119#comment-67064And they call Jack Kevorkian a criminal, Hah !
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